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Sellman Family Papers, Series 1, Box 1, Folder 7: To Lucinda Harwood Sellman from Benjamin Harwood, 1842, 1849, 1853


Summary:The Sellman Family Papers span the years 1828 through 1908 with the bulk of the material dating between 1850 and 1865. The collection contains family and business correspondence; bills and receipts; guardianship documents; handwriting exercises; and household and farm account books and diaries. Subjects covered include daily life; farm management; the cholera epidemic in Grand Gulf, Mississippi; treatment of slaves; sale of crops in Baltimore; and the education of the Sellman children at home and at St. John's College in Annapolis. For more information, please see the full finding aid at http://hdl.handle.net/1903.1/1770.
Creator:Harwood, Benjamin
Century:2001-2100
Place of origin – Continent:North America
Place of origin – Country:United States of America
Place of origin – Region:Maryland
Place of origin – Settlement:Anne Arundel County
Temporal subject: 1841-1850
1851-1860
Geographical subject – Continent:North America
Geographical subject – Country:United States of America
Geographical subject – Region:Maryland
Geographical subject – Settlement:Anne Arundel County
Topical subjects:Anne Arundel County (Md.) -- Genealogy
1812--1866-- Correspondence
ArchivesUM location:Sellman Family papers
  • series 1
  • box 1
  • folder 7
Repository:Historical Manuscripts
Browse terms:Personal and Family Lives
Copyright holder:Public Domain
Collection:Digital Collections
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